Passenger-vehicle.



R. T. SENTER.

PASSENGER VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22. 1913. 1,105,706. Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

THE NOIR/(IS PETERS UU., llOTOJJ'IP/O., WASHINGTON4 D RALPH T. SENTIER, OI? PHILADELPHIA,

SIDE CAR COMPANY, 0F NEW YORK,

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE NEAR- N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

lASSENCrER-VEHICLE.

riemen.

To uZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, RALPH T. SnN'rnn, a citizen. of the United States, residing at lFhiladelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and fltate of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Passenger-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the acconnianying drawing.

lhis `invention relates to passenger vehicles and more particularly to street cars of that type having both the entrance and exit passageways at the same end of the car.

'lhe object of the invention is to so arrange the barriers and ol'licers stations on the car as to provide a maximum of platform space, thereby permitting a large number of passengers to assemble on the plat form before paying their fares and entering the body of the car and thus facilitate the handling of trailic at congested points. To accomplish this the conductors station is placed within the body of the car adjacent to the entrance doorway. This position not only has the advantage above-mentioned but it also enables the conductor to overlook his seated load to a better advantage than when he is positioned on the platform and enables him to more effectively announce the names of streets, etc.

llhe accompanying drawing is a horizontal sectional view of the forward portion of a street car embodying my invention showing the barriers and stations in plan.

ln the drawing l have illustrated one embodiment of my invention and have shown the same as applied to a street car of the type shown and described in my ap- .plication for patent filed July 15, 1911, Ser.

No. 638,635, having both its entrance and exit passageways at the forward end of the car on the same side of the longitudinal center line. As here shown the car as a whole is indicated by the reference numeral 1, while the platform is indicated at 2. As is usual the platform is dropped some distance below the level of the floor `of the body of the car. The platform is divided by means of a barrier or rail 3 into two passageways 4 and 5, the former being the exit passageway and the latter being the entrance passageway. The two passageways are independently controlled by means of doors 6 under the control of the motorman in a well known manner. The barrier 3 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 22, 1913.

Patented Ani". 1t, 1914. Serial No. 769,271.

extends from the doorway to the body portion of the car and divides the opening at the forward end of the body portion into two passageways, as well as dividing the platform into two passageways.

The rmitormans station is arranged at the forward end of the platform near that side oppositie the doorway and is separated from the remainder of the platform by a barrier or rail 7. l'leretofore, the conductors station has been arranged on the platform between the `rail 7 and the forward bulkhead, S, of the body portion of the car. When so arranged, however, the two stations monopolized a large portion of the platform space and in order to avoid this and provide a greater space for the accommodation of passengers who are waiting to pay their fare before entering the body of the car l have provided the conductors station within the body of the oar. The preferable position for this station is immediately in the roar of the forward bulkhead S and close to that side `wall of the car opposite the passanguin-'aya In this position the conductor is out of the passageway leading into the body of the car but is close to this passageway so that he can readily collect the fares as the passengers enter the car. In the present drawings this station is indicated by the swinging seat D which is provided for the conductor. l also prefer to inclose the station in `a small compartment formed by a barrier or partition 10, which may be of the height of an ordinary 'ailing or may have glass port-ions to enable the conductor to overlook the seated load.

.lt will be apparent that the arrangement of the platform is such as to provide a very large amount of available `lloor space, thereby enabling a much larger number of passengers to find standing room on the platform than was possible heretofore. This permitsl of the rapid loading of the car at congested points, the passengers paying their fares and entering the body of the car after the car is again in motion.

lVhile I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention it will be understood that this has been chosen for the purposes of illustration only and that I do not desire to be limited to the details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

l. The eombination, with a ear comprisingf4 a body portion and a platform, a barrier dividing said platform into separate entrance and exit passageways, a motormans` station on saidA platform, and a eonduetors station within the body ofsaid ear near the side wall on that side thereof adjacent to the ent-rance passageway.

2. ln a eax', a body poit'ion, a plat-form sepaiated fnom said body portion. by a bulkhead, barrier. dividing` said platform into separate entnanee and; exit passageways, a motor-mans station on said platform, and a conduetors station` in the bodyn of the car immediately in) the rear, of said bulkhead and between the entanee passageway and the adjacent side wall of the ear. i, 3. ln a oai', a bodypotion, a platform separated from saidbody portion by a bulkhead, a barrier dividing' said platform into separate entrance and exit passageways, a motoimans station on said plat-folm, and partitions within the body of said car to form al eondhetonsA station immediately in the rear of said bulkhead and between said entrance passageway and the adjacent side wall of: saideai.

ln testimony whereof, l affix my signature in; pi'esenee of two witnesses.

RALPH. T. SENTER;

Vvlitneeses .l- DORGAVELL, ROBERT MGGOULRIE.

by: addessng thek Commissioner of atents,

Washington; Gi?" 

